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Hello dear dgtirl 1971,
I am not sure who you are talking to

I am getting confused... *headache*.
Maybe I had enough internet for today.

Lemur is spot on in regard to slurry stones. They can make all the difference if they don't fit the base stone. That is especially true for nagura (wrong term here) that are not suitable. Ie don't...

hello Tony

the correct answer is: it all depends.
The essence of owning a jnat is toying with it until you master it, or go insane :)
Usually shoubu are hard as hell. Sometimes these stones...

finally my collection is (somewhat) complete!

After buying and selling and rebuying a ton of japanese naturals my collection has reached a point where it is boiled down to very very nice and...

Interesting! Care to share some nugui recepies with me? I have not yet tried it.

@roguerazor

Nice looking stone you have there. I would love to try it sometime. Tell me when you are visiting...

I got my hands on some of the Uchigomori-Fingerstones that Maksim sold. I processed them into small chips.
Heres a tip: While you are in the process of making finger stones, save all the tiny chips...

I present, my new collection of japanese natural stones.
I sold, rebought and resold a lot of stones lately. Thus my collection has changed dramatically.
I "lost" almost all my high end J-Nat...

I completely forgot this stone probably belongs here as well. The Tsushima Nagura is something that gets overlooked frequently.
The Tsushima is one of the medium grit stones that fills in the gap...

The madness! THE MADNESS!!!

Ah yes, of course! I will edit my post accordingly :)

@Blazinrazor: I am sending you a PM regarding J-Nats, if you still need some advice (other than that you would get from an honorable vendor).

I have posted these before but I will probably not get...